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Why was the Battle of the Somme was so deadly.

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On the first day of the infantry assault, nearly 20 000 British soldiers were killed, so large that it is still the worst day in British military history. There was a mistake. The position and timing of the assault also sought to reduce tensions on Verdun, which was punishable by a German attack by French soldiers.

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